folks must do as they choose. if it is quicker to re-load a system with pristine code that to figure out who did what in a past life, then it is more of a benefit to the client to get the job done right for a lower price. If you are just trying to learn and are not interested in billing the client, by all means, troubleshoot until your heart's content. time is money.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Boucher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:12 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Computer Getting Slow > > > > On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 10:49 AM, Jim Ray wrote: > > > i like re-loading systems and starting from known good initial > > conditions. works for differential equations and computers. > > > > I disagree. I find this a complete and utter cop out for any > computer > tech that feels this is a good way of 'troubleshooting' any system no > matter what the OS. > > First things you could do is look at top and see where the process > speed is going. That can help identify what process is taking time > causing said 'slowness' > > There are a lot of tools available to judge the health of the > system. > Format C or mkfs /dev/hda is not a good solution to a problem. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
